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While it's admittedly well-meaning, With Honors handles its themes in strictly remedial fashion. Read critic reviews

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Academia meets street smarts when Monty Kessler (Brendan Fraser), a graduate student struggling to finish his program, loses his thesis and finds it in the hands of a homeless man named Simon Wilder (Joe Pesci). Though the two get off on the wrong foot, they become unlikely friends, with Simon teaching Monty some important life lessons. Although Monty's roommates, including his buddy, Everett Calloway (Patrick Dempsey), initially dislike having Simon around, they grow to appreciate him, too.
  • Rating:
    PG-13
  • Genre:
    drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Alek Keshishian
  • Producer:
    Paula Weinstein, Amy Robinson
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $18.0M
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  • Production Co:
    Spring Creek Productions
  • Sound Mix:
    Surround

Cast & Crew

Joe Pesci
Simon Wilder
Brendan Fraser
Montgomery "Monty" Kessler
Moira Kelly
Courtney Blumenthal
Patrick Dempsey
Everett Calloway
Josh Hamilton
Jeffrey Hawks
Gore Vidal
Professor Pitkannan
Melinda Chilton
Helga
James Deuter
Judge
Mara Brock
Ms. Moore
Alek Keshishian
Director
Paula Weinstein
Producer
Amy Robinson
Producer
Jon Peters
Executive Producer
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
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Audience Reviews for With Honors

  • Feb 18, 2013
    A simplistic movie - a homeless bum teaches Harvard students what is important in life, but everything is too easy in this movie.
    Red L Super Reviewer
  • May 29, 2011
    A homeless man Joe Pesci living under a library at Harvard blackmails Harvard student Brendan Fraser into giving him anything he wants after Pesci obtains pages from one of Fraser's senior thesis. Fraser, terrified, does all that Pesci asks for and lets Pesci move in with him and his three college friends (Moira Kelly, Patrick Dempsey and Josh Hamilton). A film with good intentions that entertains and tries to show that the things that are most important are not always the first priorities in our lives! Of course the biggest question is at a school as prestigious and select as Harvard how can Pesci who is just a misunderstood, hidden genius live under the library with no one finding out?
    Deb S Super Reviewer
  • Sep 06, 2010
    A great drama, I saw this for a class, which usually makes you dislike a movie, but this one was fantastic. The story is based on a real story, and the actors are good, and it's just so cool. If you like dramas, you have to see it.
    Aj V Super Reviewer
  • Jan 23, 2010
    Let the clichés roll!
    Ed K Super Reviewer
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